Mouthpiece for smokers&#39; articles.



E. F. MOBRDER. MOUTHPIEUB JFOR- SMOKERS ARTICLES.

APPL'I ATION FILED JAN. 14,1911.

Fatented June 20, 1911.

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l'ipplic'otion 0 all whom 2'23 mayconcern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. lt ionnnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain improvements in llf'iouthpieces for of which the following is Smokers Articles a specification.

My invention relates to devices employed for smokin tobacco, and While it has been designed more particularly for application to' a pipe, it will understood'that it mey also be used with cigar or cigarette iolders. The object of my invention is to provide :2 smokers article with means for preventing the passage of salivu into the stem which would in the case of a pipe, find its Way into the bowl and seriously ziii ectthe draft, besides forming a mass of send-liquid matter with the tarry distillate from the toba co, thereby rendering the use ot' such article highly objectionable. These and other teatures of my invention are more fully dcscribed hereinafter,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l, is a side elevation of ii pipe with the mouthpiece of the same partly in section, showing the e'pplica'tiiiii of one embodiment of my invention thereto; Fig. 2, is an. en.- larged sectional view otthe i'nouthpiecc'on the line air a Fig. 3; Fig. 3, is :1 plan view, partly in section, on the line 6-4), Fig. 2; Fig. 4-, is a perspective view 01: the reduced. end of the mouthpiece shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3; Fig. ficd construct-ion embodying my invention; l 6, is a view illustrating another modification embodying my inventiongl ig. 7, is u. perspective view of the reduced end of the mouthpiece shown in Fig. (3, and l? 8, a

view illustrating a further modification chi-- bodying my invention.

The the provision of a plurality of passages at the mouthpiece end of the stem through portion of which the smoke wil he drown and through another portion of which any saliva which may tend to enter the mouthpiece will be divcrtcdaway from the smokiduct.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, of the drawings 5, is a view illustrating niodiessential featureof my invention iilpeotfiesrtion'of Blotters Patent. Fettented Junie 3913i filed January 1st, 1911. Sierlel No. 6624649.

herewith, 1 represents an ordinary pipe bowl having the usual stem 2 Withu mouthpiece 3 connected to said stein-1n any suitable l of said passage or smoke-duct Gto the end of the stem, and a groove 9 at the end-of such portion Which may he at right angles to the groove 8 and communicate therewith These grooves 8 and 9 form continuations of the smoheduct- 6 in the mouthpiece for a purpose hereinafter described, and the reduced end of the mouthpiece is further grooved, notched or beveled on the under side as indicated at 10.

Fitting the reduced end of the mouthpiece is a cap 11 which may be slipped on and held by'triction, or he threaded as indicated in Fig. 5, as may be most convenient or desirable and When this cap is set in place the grooves 8 and 9, and reduced under portion of the end of the mouthpiece form a conduit with which a passage 12 in the end Wall oi'flthc cap communicates. In addition the cap has an opening 13 in its under side or Wall. It will he seen, therefore, that the, usual draft or suction. on the mouthpiece will cause smoke from the burning tobacco to pass through the smoke-duct 6 in the stem and mouthpiece, thence to the conduit ing quiescent periods when smoke is not.be-

ing drawn from the burning tobacco will not be able to enter the smoke conduit or passages, but must discharge into the mouth. If saliva should collect in the cutaway portion beneath the reduced end of the stem, the pressure of the smoke drawn through said stem will cause it to pass into the mouth away from the smoke-duct, thereby preventing the accumulation of saliva. in the bowl of the pipe.

Any collection of saliva, nicotin or tarry material in the chamber formed by the cap may be readily cleaned out by removing the cap.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a structure embodying one modification of my invention, in which the cap is threaded onto the reduced end of the mouthpiece and in which the said reduced end is provided with a curved notch 10 which registers with the In the structure shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 v

and 5, the smoke-duct leading from the bowl is curved at its point of emergence from the reduced portion of the mouthpiece, and the grooves 8 and 9, are formed in said reduced in place.

portion to provide the desired conduit for the passage of smoke whenthe cap is set In some instances, however, it may bedesirable to provide a relatively straight bore, which maybe at an angle with respect to the general direction of the mouthpiece, leading from the upper part of the reduced portion of the mouthpiece and meeting the smoke-duct of the stem. Otherwise the construction in substantially like that shown in Figs. 1, 2, at 809., and a cap is employed to form the desired conduit for the passage of smoke and the outlet of saliva. Such construction I have shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

All of the structures above described include the use of a cap. My invention, however, may be embodied in a construction such as illustrated in Fig. 8, in which the bore of the smoke-duct 6 in the mouthpiece is disposed diagonally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the same, with a short bore 15 parallelingsaid bore 6 and disposed in the end portion introduced into the mouth and a cross-bore 16 connecting said longitudinal bores and opening through the lower part of the mouthpiece into the mouth of the smoker. I obtain, therefore, in this construction substantially the same result sought to be obtained in the other constructions in which a removable cap is employed.

mouth, said outlets being substantially at right angles to each other and bothdisposed below the smokeduct outlet.

2. A mouthpiece for smokers articles such pipes, cigar holders and the like, having a smoke-duct extending substantially longitudinally of the same, a substantially vertical passage in said mouthpiece communicating with the smoke-duct and opening into the mouth below said smoke-duct, and a. second passage at the end of the mouthpiece bpening into the mouth and communicating with said. vertical passage,sa1d second passage being also below the smoke-duct.

3. The combination with the stem or mouthpiece of a smokers device, of a cap fitting the end of the same, said stem being reduced for the reception of the cap. and having a smoke-duct. emerging at the upper part of said reduced portion, said cap having a plurality. of outlets below the outlet from the smoke-duct with a passage formed between said cap and the mouthpiece afiording communication between the smoke-duct and the passages entering the mouth.

4. The combination with the stem or mouthpiece of a smokers device, of a cap fitting the end of the same,- said stem being reduced for the reception of said cap and having a-smoke-duct emerging .at the upper surface of the reduced portion with grooves in said reduced portion forming with the cap a conduit or passage communicating with said smoke-duct and with a. chamber also formed by said cap, said chamber having a plurality of openings communicating with the mouth. and disposed below, the outlet from the smoke-duct,

5. A mouthpiece stem for pipes, cigar holders and the like, having a plurality of conduitsor passages extending substantially longitudinally of the stem out of line with each other, one of which passages communi cates directly with the mouth, and a cross conduit connecting said longitudinal pas sages and opening into the mouth.

G. A mouthpiece stem for pipes, cigar holders and the like, having a plurality of bores extending substantially longitudinally of the stem out of line with each other, one o't' which bores communicates directly with the mouth, and a cross bore connecting said longitudinal bores and also opening into the mouth, the openingsleading'to the mouth communicating with each other.

7. The combination with a mouthpiece Stem for smokers articles, (if a. cap for the end thereof. entering the month, said cap having a plurality of openings leading to the 11101 th, and "the mouthpiece having a conduit leading to said cap out of line with and above the openings communicating with the mouth.

In testimony whereof, I have signmi'my EDWIN F. MOERDER Witnesses MURRAY 0. Bomm, :WM. A. BARR. 

